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Speaker

Comments

TAPE 19, A

004

Chair Fisher

Calls meeting to order at
1:11 p.m. and opens a public hearing onSB 331.

SB 331 PUBLIC HEARING

044

Rick Berkobien

Administrator.Explains SB 331 to the committee.

077

Jim Beyer

Oregon Student Assistance
Commission.Presents testimony in
support of SB 331 (EXHIBIT A).Comments on the benefits of the bill,
which would allow loan forgiveness for nurses who work in critical shortage
areas.Comments on the Nurses
Services Program that would be created through the passage of SB 331.

130

Beyer

Reviews the statistics on
page two of (EXHIBIT A).Comments on nursing shortages.Explains how the program would work.

200

Sen. Shields

Asks about the minimum
service agreement.

203

Beyer

Responds that is about two
years.

206

Sen. Messerle

Comments on health
services and funds in rural Oregon.Asks for clarification of critical shortage areas.

222

Brian DeLashmutt

Oregon Nursing
Association.Testifies in support of
SB 331.States that critical
shortages could occur in urban areas based on practicing nurses.

240

Sen. Messerle

Explains concerns.

249

Chair Fisher

Asks about the timeline to
enter the program

253

Beyer

Responds by explaining the
application process.

264

DeLashmutt

Comments on the
cooperative efforts to establish the proposed program.Explains the background of the bill.States the money for the program is
included in proposed budgets

322

Sen. Shields

Asks if the adjustments
would allow for a better use of funds.

324

DeLashmutt

Responds
affirmatively.Comments on the
original program that was developed.

384

Sen. Shield

Asks about shortages by
practice in urban areas and the cause of the shortages.

400

DeLashmutt

Responds there is a
nursing shortage nationwide.Relates
an example of a shortage.

TAPE 20, A

000

DeLashmutt

Continues relating
shortage examples.

009

Sen. Messerle

State the definition of
shortage needs to be clear.

017

DeLashmutt

Asks that definitions be
made in the administrative rule process.

026

Sen. Messerle

Asks about current
administrative rules.

029

Beyer

Responds by explaining
current definitions in administrative rules.States that state rules are stricter than federal rules.

058

Sen. Carter

Asks about flexibility in
statute versus administrative rules.

065

DeLashmutt

Responds it is easier to
make changes by administrative rules.

072

Chair Fisher

Closes the work session on
SB 331 and opens a public hearing onSB 371.

SB 371 PUBLIC HEARING

097

Berkobien

Explains SB 371 to the
committee.

116

Dan Kennedy

Department of
Administrative Services.Presents
testimony in support of SB 371 (EXHIBIT
B).Gives the background of SB
371.Explains the appointment
process.States the bill would
streamline the process.